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2019 Headliners


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2 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

I'm at peace with the state of play on the Pyramid, when you look at it rationally there really aren't too many options to pick from.

Heritage acts:

  • Macca - Active but seemingly happy to play US dates instead
  • Fleetwood Mac - Active but asking a fortune
  • Madonna - Rumoured to be active soon, but very, very expensive
  • The Eagles - Active, expensive, most people only know one or two songs
  • U2 - Not active, shat the bed last time
  • The Who - Three times in twelve years would be taking the piss
  • Stevie Wonder - Any need to have him back?
  • Reg - In Switzerland
  • Prince - Too dead

Contemporary acts:

  • Gaga - Seemingly happy in Vegas
  • Arctic Monkeys - Back in hiding after TBHC bombed
  • The Strokes - Active, but haven't been a GF headliner since 9/11
  • Arianna Grande - In America
  • Taylor Swift - Not active
  • Kendrick - Ditto
  • Led Zeppelin - Not a band
  • Oasis - Also not a band
  • The 1975 - Doing Reading/Leeds
  • Foals - No chance
  • Kings of Leon - Hahahahahahahahahahaha!
  • Florence - Done it too recently
  • Blur - Damon has 429 other projects going on

Get into the 21st Century man, have you not heard of Holograms?, Roy Orbison had a comeback tour last year, death is no reason to stop people speculating about you headlining.

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Does info and discussion on these threads ever make the festival respond with an announcement ? I mean now the likes of Glastonbury fest feed , NME and Somerset Live will without question be making the most of it .... or will they just stick to a pre planned date ... and let the speculation continue even if it's spot on ? 

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1 minute ago, crazyfool1 said:

Does info and discussion on these threads ever make the festival respond with an announcement ? I mean now the likes of Glastonbury fest feed , NME and Somerset Live will without question be making the most of it .... or will they just stick to a pre planned date ... and let the speculation continue even if it's spot on ? 

I remember Emily saying they announced Radiohead so early because so many people knew/it had been leaked. Dunno what exactly she was referring to though.

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4 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

Does info and discussion on these threads ever make the festival respond with an announcement ? I mean now the likes of Glastonbury fest feed , NME and Somerset Live will without question be making the most of it .... or will they just stick to a pre planned date ... and let the speculation continue even if it's spot on ? 

It depends as said above, Radiohead was announced 'early' if thats to be believed but some acts write contracts on when they're allowed to announce it/when the festival is allowed too (see Metallica) due to other commitments/tours needing to be sold. 

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Forecastle is a nice little festival, but it's 30,000 capacity, its MUCH smaller than Bonnaroo, Coachella, or the other major US fests.

Last year at Bonnaroo The Killers attracted a pretty small crowd for their set. They've overestimated the North American festival market, essentially playing every fest at least once or twice. Kind of disappointed that I won't see a headliner at my first Glasto, but happy with Janelle, Chems, and Robyn (pleaseeeeee) being my headliners.

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